Lighting-fixture.



Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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LIGHTING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.27, 1911.

F. W. WAKEFIELD.

LIGHTING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB."27, 1911.

Patented Dec. .3, 1912.

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WITNESSE FREDERICK W. WAKEFIELD, OF VERMILION, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE F.W. WAKE- FIELD BRASS COMPANY, OF VERMILION, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

LIGHTING-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application filed February 27, 1911. Serial No. 611,245.

to lighting fixtures, and its particular obect is the provision of, asocket inclosure for electric fixtures, which may be manufactured withgreat economy and which will serve not only as an ornamental inclosurefor a socket, but also as a shade holder. Other objects of the inventionwill appear from the following description.

To the accomplishment of these and related objects, said invention,then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularlypointedout in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism. embodying my invention, such disclosed meansconstituting, however, but one of the various mechanical forms in whichthe principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fixtureequipped with a socket inclosure embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the socket inclosure; Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectionof a modified form of socket inclosure in assembled relation to a shade,and Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations illustrating modi fied forms ofone part of the socket inclosure.

Having regard only to Figs. 1 and 2, any usual type of fixture arm isindicatedat 1, and from the arm 1 is supported a pipe 2 for inclosingthe lead wires, the pipe 2 in turn supporting the ordinary key socket 3.It is to the inclosure for. this socket 3 that the present inventionparticularly relates. In the present instance, the inclosure comprises amember 4 provided with a plurality of sides, the member4 and the sidesbeing formed into anydesired ornamental shape.

'Tlie member 4 and the sides of the inclosure are preferably stampedfrom sheet metal, usually brass, and the member 4 withany desired numberof arms may be. stamped zontal direction to engage the to from a single.sheet so that the member and all of its arms are integral, after whichthe arms are bent down to form the inclosure.

A preferable construction, however, is that,

illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the member 4 is stamped with twointegral arms 5, while two separate arms 6 are detachably secured to themember 4 by means, for instance, of screws 7. By manufacturing theinclosure in this manner, very obviously a more economic utilization ofthe metal sheet from which the member' and its arms are stamped is bad.One or more of the sides of the inclosure are formed with an opening 8through which, in the assembled condition of parts, the key 9 of thesocket extends.

The inclosure formed by'the member with its sides is also made, by thepresent invention, to perform the functions of a shade holder. To thisend, each of the sides is provided with means to engage the interior ofthe neck of a shade 12, and with means for also engaging the exterior ofsuch heck. These shade engaging meansmay be formed in different ways,several of which have been illustrated. j

' In Fig. 1, strips 10 are stamped in each of the sides, and these arethen bent down so that when a shade is inserted into'the bottom of theinclosure the strips 10' engage the interior of the neck of the shade,'while screws 11,

threaded in the respective sides, engage the exterior of the neck andthus the shade is securely held between the strips 10 and'the screws 11.

In Fig. 3 is shown an inclosure of somewhat different form comprising asimilar member 13 with sides 14 generally similar to the sides 5 and 6of Fig. 1. They differ from those sides, however, in having strips 15stamped in them and then bent down to engage the interior of the neck ofa shade 12, while strips 16 are in turn stamped from strips 15 and arebent outwardly in a horiof the shade. Strips 17 are also stamped in therespective sides and are bent inwardly to engage the exterior of theneck.

Fig. 4 illustrates aremov'able side 18 of the inclosure having a strip19 stamped therein to engage the interior of a shade, and having a strip20 stamped therein and so bent as to engage .the exterior of the shade.

Fig. 5 illustrates a side 21 of still another form having a strip 22similar to that of 19 in Fig. 4, and with a strip 23 functioning as doesthe strip 20 in Fig. 4, but bent"somewhat differently.

The economy with which any of these forms of inclosure. may bemanufactured should be obvious. Whatever form of shade attaching meansis embodied in the sides of the in'closure, the inclosure forms anornamentalsocket inclosure or husk which, at

the same time, serves the purpose of a shade holder. In the preferredform, certain of the sides of the. inclosure are detachable, so thateven after the fixture is completely assembled one of the sides may beremoved with the result/that access is easily had to the socket forwiring or removing it. Furthermore, the opening in one or more of thesides allows the key of the socket to protrude so .that the switch is aseasily operable as though the socket were not inclosed at all. 'Inattaching a shade to the holder,

if thefformshown in Fig. 1 be used, it is only necessary to hold theshade against the strips and tighten the screws. In the other formsshown, it is only necessary to insert the shade with a little force, asobviously the sides and the strips stamped therein are in some degreeresilient, and together, op-

erate as a spring holder, that is, the outer strips give until theshadeis completely inserted and then spring against the shade holding itsecurely against the inner strips. The resiliency of the completeinclosure also allows it to freely expand under the expansive force ofthe shade as the latter be comes heated and thereby obviates breakage ofthe shade. It is finally to be noted that although what has beentermed-the member 4 is illustrated as being flat, it may obviously bemade of any ornamental-form, and also the inclosure may be round or ofany other shape instead of being square as illustrated, without.departing from the principle of the Invention. g

Other modes of applying the principle of myinvention'may be employedinstead of the one explained,'change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the followingclaims or the. equivalent of such stated means be employed.

. I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as myinvent1on:

1. In a device of the character described,

a socket inclosure, comprising a member said detachable sides beingprovided with meansfor resiliently gripping the neck of a shade.

- 3. In a device of the character described, a socket inclosure,comprising a member provided with a plurality of sides formed of sheetmetal, said sides having strips stamped therein. and bent inwardly toengage the interior of the neck of a shade and having other stripsstamped therein and bent to engage the exterior of said neck.

4;. In a device of the'character'described,

a socket inclosure, comprising asheet metal member provided witha'plurality of sides formed integrally therewith, and with one or. moresheet metal sides detachably secured thereto, said sides having stripsstamped therein and bent inwardly to engage the interior of the neck ofa shade and having other strips stamped therein and bent-to engage theexterior of said neck.

' 5. In a device of the character described, a socket inclosure,comprisinga sheet metal member provided with a plurality of sides formedintegrally therewith, and with one ormore sheet metal sides detachablysecured thereto, said sides having strips stamped therein and bentinwardly to engage the interior of the neck .of a shade and having otherstrips stamped therein and bent to engage the exterior of said neck, oneof the sides being formedwith an opening through a which the key of asocket may extend.

- 6. In a device of the character described, a socket inclosure,comprising a member provided with a plurality of sides said sides beingadapted to engage both the interior and exterior of the neck of a shade.

Signedby me this 21st day of February, 1911.

FREDERICK w. WAKEFIELD.

Attested by- GERALD L. BASIL,

.CLARENGE WALPER.

